Open Directory - Society: Issues: Disabilities: Abuse
See also: - Articles on prevalence of abuse, guidelines for physicians, access to shelters, and intervention. - Prevention, response and research news on violence towards people with disabilities. - Aims to end routine prescribing and re-prescribing of neuroleptics for people on the autistic spectrum. - Discusses the abuse of people with developmental disabilities and makes recommendations for assessment, intervention and treatment of those abused. - A national/international support network for parents whose children (including adult children) have been traumatized, injured or killed by abusive behavior modification (ABA) and restraint . - Deaf Women reclaiming our lives and personal power through sharing. TTY hotlines and links. - Federally funded project for Disability, Abuse and Personal Rights education. - Listings of and links to articles, agencies, organizations and websites to find help for and information about physical, sexual and mental abuse of disabled persons. - Examines violence as it impacts women with developmental and other disabilities - what we know, what we don't know, and what needs to be done to prevent it and to help women recover from it. - Forum for reform to prevent injury and death from restraints used in schools, residential facilities and hospitals. - Paper from the METIS project, European Unión DAPHNE initiative.
